Type of Place
Working Lands
Did you know that an estimated 40% of America’s land is used for agriculture? Or that forests cover roughly a third of the country? We need “working” lands like these for food, jobs and more. We support ranchers, farmers, foresters and entrepreneurs who operate, or use, working lands sustainably. By doing so, we improve local economies, conserve landscapes and maintain generations of tradition.
Projects
Lackawanna Highlands
The Lackawanna Highlands project in northeastern Pennsylvania follows a trend across the country of vast privately-owned working forests in...
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
The elusive and solitary ocelot, a small wild cat with markings similar to a leopard or jaguar, once roamed...
Mapping the Future of Longleaf Pine
Two hundred years ago, the “piney woods” of folk songs were a vast forest sweeping across 90 million acres...
McElroy Ranch
Colorado boasts a strong legacy of family ranching, still evident today along the Colorado River corridor, from Granby to...
Meeteetse Spires in the Beartooth Mountains
In early 2010 we completed the second and final phase of a land conservation project that adds 560 acres...
Middle Neches Forestland
In one of the largest, most complex forestland projects in Texas history, The Conservation Fund and Renewable Resources, LLC,...
Minnesota Northwoods
Minnesota’s outdoor legacy is renowned. But across much of northern Minnesota, large swaths of industrial forestland—or those lands owned...
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the former mill town of Orange, Massachusetts is a “food desert”—a community...
North Coast Forest Conservation Initiative
America’s favorite forests include the redwoods along California’s North Coast. The redwood region is known for its raw beauty...
North Rim of the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is one of America’s favorite destinations—more than five million people visit each year to take in...
Oconee National Forest
Did you know that forestry is the largest manufacturing sector in Georgia? Forests are a critical part of the state’s...
Optimizing Farmland Protection in Baltimore County
With one of the nation’s most established farmland preservation efforts, Baltimore County in 2006 reached a major milestone: preserving...
Preserving Farms and Natural Areas in the Ann Arbor Greenbelt
The Ann Arbor Greenbelt is an innovative long-term land preservation program to curb the negative effects of development and...
Preserving Habitat While Maintaining Military Readiness—Camp Williams, Utah
Protecting valuable habitat that surrounds our military installations is vital to both our national security and the species that...
Reed Forest
Forests dominate Maine’s landscape, blanketing 90 percent of the state1 and weaving into every fabric of its identity. More than...
Restoring A Forest - And Home For The Coastal Tailed Frog
When The Conservation Fund purchased the 24,000-acre Garcia River Forest in the heart of Northern California’s redwood country in...
Rocky Mountain Front
Where Montana’s dramatic peaks give way to the Northern Great Plains, the Rocky Mountain Front forms a landscape unlike...
Safeguarding Forestland Along the Suwannee River
In north Florida and across much of the southeast, vast working forests are being cleared and converted to more...
San Diego Urban Agriculture
Each year, the United States grants sanctuary to 50,000 refugees displaced by war or political crisis. Many of them...
Sansavilla Wildlife Management Area
The Altamaha River is Georgia’s largest free-flowing river, winding 137 miles from the center of the state all the...
Saving A 300-Year-Old Colonial Settlement Site In Connecticut
The town of Groton, Connecticut, has a long history dating to before its incorporation in 1705, and the 63-acre...
Snead Farm
In 2011, we helped with a land preservation agreement that permanently protects the 290-acres of Emmett Snead III’s pick-your-own...
Strategic Conservation for Kona, Hawai'i
The Kona, Hawaii, Community Development Plan provides a strategic framework for guiding future land development and conservation decisions in...
Supporting the Sage Grouse and Family Ranches in the West
The greater sage grouse requires wide open spaces for its survival. In recent years, the sage grouse’s habitat has...
Tackling Food Deserts in Michigan
What are you having for dinner? Imagine trying to answer that question if you couldn’t get to a grocery...
Taylors Bridge Robert's Farm, Delaware
Delaware Bay, its shores made up mostly of marshland, is home to countless species of seabirds and fish, as...
The "Path Of The Pronghorn" In Wyoming
Each spring and fall, hundreds of pronghorn antelope migrate between their summer habitat in Grand Teton National Park to...
Thomas Trust Lands
Working ranches not only play an important role in the culture and economy of the Western United States, they...
Two Nations, One Region
The Heart of the Continent represents more than the geographical center of the North American continent. Made up of...
Upper Green River Valley Initiative
The Conservation Fund and a host of partners launched the Upper Green River Valley Initiative in 2008 to conserve...
